North Macedonia introduces CO2-based vehicle tax

February 20, 2020 by Global Fuel Economy Initiative

Categories: In-country, Eastern Europe and Caucuses Tags: REC, UNEP

On 1 January 2020, North Macedonia introduced a new tax to promote fuel economy for passenger vehicles (cars, motorbikes and vans for the combined transport of people and goods). GFEI, through UN Environment and the Regional Environment Center (REC) have provided extensive training and policy support for more than five years, and have been instrumental in advising about the CO2-based design of the new vehicle tax.

Ukraine publishes first fuel economy analysis

August 15, 2018 by Global Fuel Economy Initiative

Categories: Fuel Efficiency, Eastern Europe and Caucuses, In-country

The Global Fuel Economy Initiative has supported Ukraine to undertake a detailed analysis of the fuel economy of newly registered vehicles. GFEI partner UN Environment, together with the International Standardization Academy of Ukraine, and the Ministries of Infrastructure and of Internal Affairs jointly undertook the study which examined the country’s vehicle imports between 2005 and 2016.